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Vietnam: Sea-level rise could "displace millions"
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Newspaper: irinnews
Published Date: 2011-05-20 16:54
Summary: Can Tho, 20 May 2011 (IRIN) - For centuries, residents around Can Tho, a city of 1.1m people in southern Vietnam, just 0.8m above sea level, have depended on flood cycles to grow crops. However, experts warn there is a possibility that sea levels will rise in the delta region around Can Tho due to climate change, causing devastating floods that will displace millions and destroy those crops.
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